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[Data based on a sample. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text]

Subject

Number

Percent

Subject

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

Population 3 years and over

Total poplulation

126,555

100.0

enrolled in school

37,937

100.0

Native

121,533

96.0

Nursery school, preschool

1,968

5.2

Born in United States

119,638

94.5

Kindergarten

1,874

4.9

State of residence

86,095

68.0

Elementary school (grades 1-8)

15,501

40.9

Different state

33,543

26.5

High school (grades 9-12)

7,768

20.5

Born outside United States

1,895

1.5

College or graduate school

10,826

28.5

Foreign born

5,022

4.0

Entered 1990 to March 2000

1,967

1.6

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Naturalized citizen

2,008

1.6

Population 25 years and over

75,496

100.0

Not a citizen

3,014

2.4

Less than 9th grade

4,872

6.5

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

9,295

12.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

21,472

28.4

Total (excluding born at sea)

5,022

100.0

Some college, no degree

18,742

24.8

Europe

702

14.0

Associate degree

4,164

5.5

Asia

1,344

26.8

Bachelor's degree

11,215

14.9

Africa

143

2.8

Graduate or professional degree

5,736

7.6

Oceania

45

0.9

Latin America

2,564

51.1

Percent high school graduate or higher

81.2

(X)

Northern America

224

4.5

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

22.5

(X)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

MARITAL STATUS

Population 5 years and over

117,587

100.0

Population 15 years and over

98,740

100.0

English only

100,846

85.8

Never married

23,392

23.7

Language other than English

16,741

14.2

Now married, except separated

56,794

57.5

Speak English less than '"very well"'

5,044

4.3

Separated

1,896

1.9

Spanish

14,259

12.1

Widowed

6,229

6.3

Speak English less than '"very well"'

4,337

3.7

Female

5,324

5.4

Other Indo-European languages

1,102

0.9

Divorced

10,429

10.6

Speak English less than '"very well"'

216

0.2

Female

5,790

5.9

Asian and Pacific Island languages

1,190

1.0

Speak English less than '"very well"'

453

0.4

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

Grandparent living in household

ANCESTRY (single and multiple)

with one or more own grandchildren

Total population

126,555

100.0

under 18 years

2,671

100.0

Total ancestries reported

110,714

87.5

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren

1,649

61.7

Arab

76

0.1

Czech¹

356

0.3

VETERAN STATUS

Danish

347

0.3

Civilian population 18 years and over

88,574

100.0

Dutch

1,913

1.5

Civilian veterans

13,484

15.2

English

11,550

9.1

French (except Basque)¹

2,516

2.0

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN

French Canadian¹

779

0.6

NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

German

13,335

10.5

Population 5 to 20 years

32,301

100.0

Greek

111

0.1

With a disability

3,114

9.6

Hungarian

194

0.2

Population 21 to 64 years

65,073

100.0

Irish¹

11,177

8.8

With a disability

12,677

19.5

Italian

1,773

1.4

Percent employed

52.0

(X)

Lithuanian

99

0.1

No disability

52,396

80.5

Norwegian

787

0.6

Percent employed

78.3

(X)

Polish

1,254

1.0

Population 65 years and over

14,744

100.0

Portuguese

81

0.1

With a disability

6,734

45.7

Russian

173

0.1

Scotch-Irish

2,635

2.1

Scottish

2,547

2.0

RESIDENCE IN 1995

Slovak

110

0.1

Population 5 years and over

117,587

100.0

Subsaharan African

444

0.4

Same house in 1995

54,703

46.5

Swedish

908

0.7

Different house in the U.S. in 1995

59,996

51.0

Swiss

71

0.1

Same county

29,583

25.2

Ukrainian

71

0.1

Different county

30,413

25.9

United States or American

16,595

13.1

Same state

18,383

15.6

Welsh

580

0.5

Different state

12,030

10.2

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)

343

0.3

Elsewhere in 1995

2,888

2.5

Other ancestries

39,889

31.5

Date: July 7, 2006

-Represent zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable.

¹ The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic.